Decision-making in regard to elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) requires
careful assessment of factors that influence rupture risk, operative mortality, and life …

The Clinical Practice Council of the Society for Vascular Surgery charged a writing committee
with the task of updating practice guidelines, initally published in 2003, for surgeons and …

… The dissection process may also proceed into the branch such that the actual obstruction
occurs beyond the branch orifice (D). Similar mechanisms can produce distal aortic obstruction…

A large case-control study of malaria in West African children shows that a human leucocyte
class I antigen (HLA-Bw53) and an HLA class II haplotype (DRB1 * 1302–DQB1 * 0501), …

Plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) were significantly higher in 178 Gambian
children with uncomplicated malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum than in 178 children with …

A review of 24,000 consecutive autopsies during a 23-year period from 1952 through 1975
at the Massachusetts General Hospital revealed 473 patients died with surgically intact …

Introduction: On March 11, 2020, this statement was planned to provide clinical guidance
and aid staff preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand. It has …

Plasmodium falciparum isolates from 24 Gambian children with cerebral malaria and 57
children with mild forms of the disease were assessed for their ability to form erythrocyte rosettes…

Study Objective: To determine whether clinical markers and preoperative dipyridamole-thallium
imaging are both useful in predicting ischemic events after vascular surgery. Design: …

Importance Tracheal intubation is one of the most commonly performed and high-risk
interventions in critically ill patients. Limited information is available on adverse peri-intubation …